Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Sisson & Banyas, Attorneys AT Law, LLC

19 pending office actions • 18 clients • 19 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 44 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=737 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.9%
Allowance Rate
n=737
+0.68σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=737
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=402
-0.39σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=402
854 days
Time to Allowance
n=402
+9.4pp
Interview Lift
n=737
23.4%
RCE Rate
n=737
1.1%
Appeal Rate
n=737

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=3 (min 20)
88.1%
§102 Overcome
n=42
80.1%
§103 Overcome
n=251
86.0%
§112 Overcome
n=86

Specialization & Scale

C08L, Y10T, B65D
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=737
1
Practitioners
n=737
737.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=737

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due later (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

0
Hard (0%)
11
Medium (58%)
5
Easy (26%)
3
Unknown (16%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only11 (58%)
§112 only4 (21%)
Double-patenting only1 (5%)
No statute on record3 (16%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

5
Life Sciences
26% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
63% of docket
2
Business / Other
11% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HANSEN, KENNETH J 1 81.2% +7.8%
CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 1 65.1% +35.9%
ING, MATTHEW W 1 64.7% +7.8%
HANES JR., JOHN 1 47.0% +38.9%
LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT 1 64.0% +33.8%
DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE 1 73.8% +16.1%
MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. 1 31.4% +43.5%
HYMEL, ABIGAIL R 1 82.9% +18.8%
DUFFY, PATRICIA ANN 1 52.7% +34.2%
FERGUSON, TYLER RAY 1 100.0% +0.0%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18580968 DEVICE FOR CONNECTING TO A LOAD TO BE MOVED FERGUSON, TYLER RAY 62d
18708492 EASILY-ASSEMBLED SWING-TYPE TRICYCLE HYMEL, ABIGAIL R

Interview Candidates (7)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18894336 Pinch valve DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE 126d overdue
18678361 SELF-CLEANING FILTER MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. 46d overdue
18995757 COVER ASSEMBLY FOR TRUCK BED HANES JR., JOHN 27d
19171831 Bottle for containing liquid CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J
18961933 INSTRUMENT TEE WITH REDUCED OR ELIMINATED DEAD ZONES LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT
18708492 EASILY-ASSEMBLED SWING-TYPE TRICYCLE HYMEL, ABIGAIL R
18637620 METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE ADSORPTION OF POLYSACCHARIDE-PROTEIN CONJUGATES AND MULTIVALENT VACCINE FORMULATION OBTAINED THEREOF DUFFY, PATRICIA ANN

Client Portfolio (18 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36112
37461
37331
36341
36791
37531
17731
16451
39931
37611

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19388115 Air conditioning assembly and bladeless fan Ningbo Singfun Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. HANSEN, KENNETH J 3746 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2025
19171831 Bottle for containing liquid Kyung Il Jung CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 3733 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 07, 2025
19066523 TABLE BASE ASSSEMBLY AND KIT FOR ASSEMBLY INTO TABLE BASE Regency Seating, Inc. ING, MATTHEW W Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2025
18995757 COVER ASSEMBLY FOR TRUCK BED Gi.Anso 4X4 Club, S.A. HANES JR., JOHN 3634 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jan 16, 2025
18961933 INSTRUMENT TEE WITH REDUCED OR ELIMINATED DEAD ZONES Contour Biosolutions, LLC LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT 3679 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18894336 Pinch valve Contour Biosolutions, LLC DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 126d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2024
18678361 SELF-CLEANING FILTER Ahlstrom Oyj MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. 1773 DP Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending May 30, 2024
18708492 EASILY-ASSEMBLED SWING-TYPE TRICYCLE Ningbo Xinglong Juchuang Electrical Technology Co., Ltd. HYMEL, ABIGAIL R 3611 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2024
18637620 METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE ADSORPTION OF POLYSACCHARIDE-PROTEIN CONJUGATES AND MULTIVALENT VACCINE FORMULATION OBTAINED THEREOF Serum Institute Of India Private Limited DUFFY, PATRICIA ANN 1645 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2024
18580968 DEVICE FOR CONNECTING TO A LOAD TO BE MOVED M-Mover Holdings Limited FERGUSON, TYLER RAY 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Jan 19, 2024
18390283 SNAP-ON AUTOMOTIVE WHEEL COVER OVERLAY WITH EXTENDED SURROUND AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Neo Design, LLC DAVISON, LAURA L 3993 §112 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Dec 20, 2023
18352948 Electric Fireplace with Undermounted Flame Projector Module Source Pro Industries Ltd. DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE 3761 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 14, 2023
18033383 Novel compositions for neutralizing toxic effects of hydrogen peroxide in living cells or tissues Dzala LLC ALAWADI, SARAH 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18051978 PERSONALIZED BAG BECCO IP, LLC HELVEY, PETER N. 3734 Other Final Rejection Pending Nov 02, 2022
18047017 Truck bed accessory mounting panels Builtright Industries LLC GUTMAN, HILARY L 3612 §112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Oct 17, 2022
17676620 REPAINT TRAY Repaint Studios , Inc. WEINERTH, GIDEON R 3736 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 21, 2022
17753087 HORMONE D (VITAMIN D) AND ITS DERIVATIVES FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CANCER Industrial Technologies & Biotechnologies RZECZYCKI, PHILLIP MATTHEW 1625 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Feb 18, 2022
17649909 ORIFICE INSPECTION SYSTEM Throat Scope Pty Ltd SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA 3795 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 03, 2022
17613556 NATURAL-SUBSTANCE COMPOSITION FOR THE TOPICAL TREATMENT AND CARE OF PSORIATIC SKIN AND OTHER SKIN DISEASES Maria Tsakouridou HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 1655 §103 Final Rejection 107d overdue Pending Nov 23, 2021

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